The Comunidade Intermunicipal das Beiras e Serra da Estrela () is an administrative division in eastern Portugal. It was created in 2013. Since January 2015, Beiras e Serra da Estrela is also a NUTS3 subregion of Centro Region, that covers the same area as the intermunicipal community.Adequação dos indicadores à nova organização territorial NUTS III / Entidades Intermunicipais, Instituto Nacional de Estatística, 18 March 2015 The seat of the intermunicipal community is Guarda.Celorico News Beiras e Serra da Estrela comprises parts of the former districts of Guarda and Castelo Branco. The population in 2011 was 236,023,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of .
Municipalities
The intermunicipal community of Beiras e Serra da Estrela {CIM} consists of 15 municipalities:
Municipality Population (2011) Area (km2) Almeida7,242 517.98 Belmonte6,859 118.76 Celorico da Beira7,693 247.22 Covilhã51,797 555.60 Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo6,260 508.57 Fornos de Algodres4,989 131.45 Fundão29,213 700.20 Gouveia14,046 300.61 Guarda42,541 712.10 Manteigas3,430 121.98 Mêda5,202 286.05 Pinhel9,627 484.52 Sabugal12,544 822.70Seia24,702 435.69 Trancoso9,878 361.52Total236,0236,304.95
Cities The following localities are cities (cidades): Covilhã, Fundão, Gouveia, Guarda [seat capital of the CIM], Mêda, Trancoso, Sabugal and Seia.
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